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London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1839. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. Anno Secundo & TertioFirst edition, uncommon. 2 pages, now separated, [485]-486 11-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches. CAP. XLIV. Fine condition.An Act to prevent, until the end of the next session of Parliament, ships clearing out from a British North American port loading any Part of the Cargo of Timber upon Deck [17th August 1839]During the Great Famine, many Irish people left the country on a journey to search for a better life. To escape the threat of starvation, people sought a new life in places like America. An estimated 1.5 million people, or about 4,110 people per day, left Ireland to come to North America between 1845 and 1855. Along with passenger ships, cargo ships used for hauling materials like timber were also used to transport people. The ships leaving Ireland earned the name "coffin ships" because of the high number of deaths that occurred on them. This… Leer más

ND. No binding. Near Fine. Typescript poem titled "The Test" signed on 7-1/8 x 10-7/8 inch paper.Near fine condition. Alice Ann Dorey was a teacher, a writer, a poet, and the wife of United Church Moderator Very Rev. George Dorey. Alice Ann Dent was born in Cowansville, Quebec. She taught at a school for the deaf in Montreal and wrote poems which were published in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, and some which were translated into Hungarian and Italian. Her book, Light and Shadow, 25pp., was by Ryerson Press in 1949. She also wrote book reviews and occasional articles for The United Church Observer.

Quebec: printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, 1855. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE NO OTHER COPY FOUNDFirst Canadian edition. [Caption title] Amendment To be proposed by Mr. W. L. Mackenzie to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Imperial Act re-uniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada" when the question is before the House for the second reading thereof. 1st Session, 5th Parliament, 18 Victoria, 1855Printed by Order of the Legislative AssemblyQuebec, printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, Mountain StreetQuarto, 5 pages. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. The amendments bill proposed by W. L. Mackenzie (1795-1861) was resolved in the affirmative.

Quebec: Lovell and Lamoureux, 1854. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE - NO OTHER COPY FOUND1854. Quarto, 2 pages. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. Signed by R. Bell on top of back panel. 1st Session, 5th Parliament, 18 Victoria, 1854Amendments to be proposed by the Honorable Mr. Young to the Resolutions reported by a Committee of the Whole on Customs Duties.Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly.Quebec : Printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, Mountain Street Resolutions to repeal all duties of Customs, specific and ad valorem on an important list of articles, including sugar, molasses, tea, coffee, tobacco, cigars, wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, etc. Robert Bell was a printer, businessman, office holder, politician, justice of the peace, and militia officer. He ran successfully as a reform candidate in the general election of 1847-48 which he represented in the Legislative Assembly until 1851. Throughout his life Bell maintained his residence in Carleton Place. In the elections of… Leer más

Ottawa: Printed by G.E. Desbarats, 1867. 1st. Soft Cover. First edition. 8vo. 28pp. Original Wraps. wear and minor staining along edges, otherwise very Good. T. Bedford Jones was the Missionary Priest of the St. Alban's Church in Ottawa. "All profits arising from the Sale of this Edition to be devoted to the Building Fund of S. Alban's Church (Free Seat), Ottawa.

Legislature Assembly, 1856. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. 14pp. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches, disbound, no coversFull title: RETURN: To an address from the Legislature Assembly to His Excellency The Governor General, dated the 19th instant, praying His Excellency to cause to be laid before the House, "copies of correspondence and other documents having reference "to withdraw from sale certain lands situated in the county of Grey and Bruce, which lands were advertised to be sold on 17th October last, also report of Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Sir George-Étienne Cartier, co-premier of the Province of Canada, lawyer, rebel, railway promoter, politician and a Father of Confederation. By "youthful folly," Cartier likely had in mind his prominent role in the Patriote rebellion of 1837. He fought at Saint Denis, where the Patriotes turned back a column of British regulars, and later fled to the United States with a price on his head. By coincidence, one of the students hearing him that June day was… Leer más

Wiarton, ON: Red House Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED AND IN FINE CONDITION First Edition. 218p. 9-1/2 x 10 inches. Signed Ruth Cathcart, June 4, 2000Photography by Charles Ven den Ouden.This book includes photographs and brief historical sketches of historic houses of Bruce County. The author draws a connection between the architecture, a developing provincial community, and the circumstances and character of the families who built both. Table of contents:- Albemarle Twp- Amabel Twp- Arran Twp- Brant Twp- Bruce Twp including the village of Tiverton- Carrick Twp including Mildmay & Formosa- Chesley- Culross Twp including Teeswater- Eastnor Twp- Elderslie Twp- Greenock Twp including Pinkerton & Chepstow- Kincardine- Kincardine Twp- Lion's Head- Paisley- Port Elgin- Saugeen Twp- Southampton- St. Edmund's Twp- Tara- Walkerton- WiartonHouse names include:ViewfieldOmega PlaceBernhardtArdlochMillbankBellevueGawsworthGlen HuronFairbairnHillcrestThe White House.

Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense, 1953. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 3 volumes. Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Volume 1: A-Libi. [ij], 1498pp. Volume 2: Libm-Z. [ij], 1499-2968pp.Volume 3: Index. [ij], 2969-4478pp.Each volume is a First Edition, First Printing and 9-1/4 x 6 inches. Issued without dust jackets. Slight shelf wear. Clean text and tight bindings with old labels removed on front spines. Colour foldout map tipped-in to rear pastedown of each volume. Very good condition.Best single bibliography on the subject. Volumes 1 and 2 contain 20,003 annotated entries. Volume 3 is a thorough index by sub-topic Volumes 1, 2 & 3, are by far the most useful and referred to of the original 16 volume set produced. These first three volumes cover the early era of Arctic exploration and are an indispensable reference for anyone interested in the history and literature of the Arctic. Published for, and in cooperation with, the Department of Defense under the direction of the Arctic Institute of North… Leer más

[Toronto]: Hallmark, 2000. No binding. 8-1/2 x 5-7/8 inches folded. Arto Yuzbasiyan signed in black marker on front and Al Rain & Family signed inside. Image on front of card is a printing of his Carlton Street Car Oil Painting, image size, 6-7/8 x 4-1/2 inches. Hallmark holiday card, Painters of Canada Series Arto Yuzbasiyan. Circa 2000's. Arto Yuzbasiyan was born in 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a talented, pianist mother, and a father who was a textile manufacturer. Though he did not play a musical instrument like the rest of his mother's talented family, he was interested in drawing and painting and so at the age of eight, he started taking lessons from a religious painter by the name of Ojeni Telyan. He was profoundly influenced by her traditional, classical style. Later on, he studied under Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu for a brief period of time and Mustafa Pilevneli. Nonetheless, Arto claims that his main influence was Telyan's teachings.In 1972 he worked in Paris and in a small town in the Netherlands… Leer más

London: printed for R. Griffiths, 1758. 3rd Edition. Disbound. Very Good. SEVEN YEARS' WAR / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763) BOOK 3rd edition. (3), [4]-46pp. 4-3/4 x 7-7/8 inches. Disbound, no half-title page. 1/2 inch top border tear on p.43, otherwise very good condition. With 2 appendices. Appendix 1, p.29 lists casualties to the 38th Foot. ESTC T150713Full title: An Authentic Account of our Last Attempt Upon the Coast of France. By an officer, who miraculously escaped being cut to pieces, by swimming to a boat at a considerable distance from the shore. In a letter to a friend. The Battle of Saint Cast was a military engagement during the Seven Years' War on the French coast between British naval and land expeditionary forces and French coastal defence forces. Fought on 11 September 1758, it was won by the French. While the British continued such expeditions against French colonies and islands beyond the reach of the French land forces, this was the last attempt by an amphibious expedition in… Leer más

1907. No binding. Two photos, one scrap book plus Robinson newspaper clipping note. sent to him Original photograph, 6.25 x 8.25 inches. Signed on verso: "With all the Season's best Greetings, Yours very affectionately, C. Blackett Robinson. Xmas 1907". Photo by the studio of W. Notman & Son, Montreal. Christopher Blackett Robinson was a Pioneer Canadian publisher, writer and editor. Robinson was born in Thorah, Upper Canada, in 1837. After editing and publishing the BEAVERTON POST, he moved to Toronto where he published the CANADA PRESBYTERIAN. In 1883 he co-founded a new journal entitled THE WEEK with Goldwin Smith, which took up the work of the defunct CANADIAN MONTHLY. Until it ceased publication in 1896, THE WEEK was the main vehicle for the work of the Confederation poets and essayists of the period. Robinson died in Ottawa in 1923.

Burnaby, BC: printed by Hemlock printers, 2012. 1st Edition. No binding. National Book Collecting 3rd Contest 2012 Poster. 11 x 17 inches paper with plastic edges sealed to protect poster but plastic does not appear to be affixed to poster. 4 colours one side, black, yellow, red and orange. Fine condition. Quite rare ephemeral poster to market.The Third National Book-Collecting Contest will be launched on Monday 30 May 2011 during the Bibliographical Society of Canada's AGM at the University of New Brunswick.ABE Books, one of the largest databanks of used books on the planet, has joined us as the main sponsor for the 2011-12 contest. The National Post and CBC Books have also joined us as media sponsors and Hemlock Printers will be printing our posters. Prizes were awarded to the winning entrants of the third National Book Collecting Contest in Vancouver and Waterloo on May 28, 2012.• The first prize went to Samuel Jang, of Victoria, B.C. for his collection Aesop's Fables • The second prize winner… Leer más

1945. 1st Edition. Photo. Very Good. Subject(s): William Lyon Mackenzie KingSetting: PortraitDate (approx.): 1945Photographer: Unknown Size (Approx): 8" x 10"Comments: Slightly creased edges and corners.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. First edition. 2 Volumes. 6 x 9 inches. xix, [1], 826; [6], [827]-1450. Original pictorial tan cloth stamped in black and white with very slightly bumped corners. Internally very clean and near-fine condition. Several double-sided facsimile illustrations, indexes. Very good+ condition. Definitive bibliography for Newfoundland & Labrador, with 6299 entries. This reference work covers material published up to 1975 pertaining to Newfoundland and Labrador, excluding periodicals. This includes books, pamphlets, government documents, unpublished theses and reports, letters, diaries and films. The second volume contains author, title and subject indexes. Complied by Dr. Agnes C. O'Dea and editor was Anne Alexander.

Toronto: ECW Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. First edition. 7 x 10 inches. (6),7-862pp. Red cloth, gilt stamp on spine and front board. Insides very clean, book is in near fine condition. A bibliography of the publications of the Canadian Publishing House McClelland and Stewart acquired by McMaster University Library. Contains bibliographic records of all books and other materials published by McClelland and Stewart publishing company from 1909, when the first books were published, to 1985, when Jack McClelland ceased to be associated with the company. Frontispiece illustration of McClelland. Foreword by Graham R. Hill, librarian at McMaster. Preface, historical introduction, explanation of the bibliographical method and principles, list of works cited, location symbols, black and white illustrations. The bibliography is organized alphabeticallly by year. Three appendices. Indices of names and titles.Carl Spadoni and Judith Donnelly have included all manner of books in this… Leer más

Montreal: Lawrence Lande Foundation, 1965. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case. First edition. 13-3/4 x 10-3/4 x 1-3/4 inches. xxxv, 301, [1] Beige linen cloth book covers with quarter pigskin spine in a blue cloth slipcase with b&w illustration paper label on front. Copy #500 of 950 signed copies. Numerous plates, illustrations and facsimiles (some folding &/or tipped-in). indexes. Uncut (untrimmed) deckled edges. Very handsome production printed on full rag paper with a number of inserts on varying stocks. Very good condition.A bibliography collected, arranged, and annotated by Lawrence Lande. With an introduction by Edgar Andrew Collard. Montreal: Lawrence Lande Foundation for Canadian Research, 1965. Limited edition of 950 copies. Signed by Lande on the limitation page.A richly illustrated bibliography of the important private collection of Canadiana assembled by Montreal businessman Lawrence Lande and donated to McGill University in 1964. A masterful letterpress production that is… Leer más

Toronto: Leader Steam-Press, 63 King Street, 1859. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE - NO OTHER COPY FOUNDQuarto, 3 pages. Disbound, small tears in margin.2nd session, 6th Parliament, 22nd Victoria 1859JJ. Bill. An Act to incorporate the Guelph and Wellington Roads Company. Received and read first time Tuesday, 12th April 1859.Second reading, Wednesday, April 13th, 1859.(500 copies)Hon. Mr. PattonLeader Steam-Press, 63 King Street, TorontoIncorporation of a Company to encourage the construction of gravel roads near Hamilton. With the description of all roads existing then. There is a similar, but not the same, copy of this Bill, probably a later produced edition, located at Library of Parliament. Ottawa and printed by [Toronto] : S. Derbishire & G. Desbarats, [1859].

Quebec: Printed for the Contractors by Hunter, Rose & Lemieux, 1862. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUNDQuarto, 5 p. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. No. 94. At head of title: 1st Session, 7th Parliament, 25 Victoria 1862BillAn Act to Incorporate the Massawippi Valley Railroad Company. Received and read, 1st time, Tuesday, 29th April, 1862 Second reading, Thursday, 1st May, 1862 (Private Bill)Mr. KnightQuébec: Printed for the Contractors by Hunter, Rose & Lemieux, St. Ursule St. Incorporation of that Railroad Company to construct a Railroad from some point on the Grand Trunk Railway between Lennoxville to Stanstead, the Province Line. Robert Bell was a printer, businessman, office holder, politician, justice of the peace, and militia officer. He ran successfully as a reform candidate in the general election of 1847-48 which he represented in the Legislative Assembly until 1851. Throughout his life Bell maintained his residence in Carleton Place. In the… Leer más

Toronto: Printed by John Lovell, 1856. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE - ONLY ONE COPY FOUNDQuarto, 2 pages, 1 sheet. No. 129] [1856]Bill. An Act to repeal the Statute 16 Victoria, chap. 80, and to make better provision for preventing infractions of the Laws against Usury."...the lender shall only be entitled to recover the sum really lent with interest at the rate of 6 per cent". No. 129.2nd Session, 5th Parliament, 19 Victorian, 1856Bill. An Act to repeal the Statute 16 Victoria, chap. 80, and to make better provision for preventing infractions of the Laws against Usury.Received and read, first time, 31st, March, 1856. Second reading, Thursday, 3rd April, 1856Mr. Thomas Fortier.Toronto ; Printed by John Lovell, Yonge Street.

Toronto: J. Lovell, 1857. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUNDQuarto, 5p. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. Signed by R. Bell on top of back page.At head of title: No. 231. 3rd Session, 5th Parliament, 20 Victoria, 1857.(Private Bill). Bill. An Act to authorize the construction of a line of Railway from some point on the Southern Line of Railway near Otterville, Norwichville, or Tilsonburg, through Brantford, to some point of the Great Western Railway."Received and read, first time, Monday, 20th April, 1857. Second reading, Wednesday, 22nd April, 1857." "Mr. Christie." Robert Bell was a printer, businessman, office holder, politician, justice of the peace, and militia officer. He ran successfully as a reform candidate in the general election of 1847-48 which he represented in the Legislative Assembly until 1851. Throughout his life Bell maintained his residence in Carleton Place. In the elections of 1854, 1857-58, 1861, and 1863 he won the Lanark North seat.